Tangents and Vectors

An Idea Borrowed

Years ago on a radio program someone shared that they read a chapter in Proverbs every day. Since there are 31 chapters and the longest month has 31 days it allows you to read through Proverbs on a regular basis. I use it as the launch pad for my personal worship time and branch out from there. On this blog I will try to share some of the insights I have in the Word. I will try to organize them in the archive by reference.

Saturday, September 30, 2017

A Place to Start

(Proverbs 30:20 KJV) Such is the way of an adulterous woman; she eateth, and wipeth her mouth, and saith, I have done no wickedness.

I accept the fact that you are not an “adulterous” (5003) “woman” (802). To be honest, neither am I. So we can ignore it or go for the principle involved. If we ignore it, I have nothing to write about, so instead let’s substitute something that we might be guilty of, say gluttony. Or maybe gossip would be better for you. How about lack of faith in hard times? If you can’t think of anything, just go with arrogance.

We have a tendency to justify our own failures. If we lose our temper and say unkind words we claim we were driven to it. We may be right. It may be understandable. It still doesn’t make it pleasing in the eyes of God. The reason this is a problem is that usually in order for God to work in our lives we need to repent. Repenting means first admit that you were wrong. It is hard for us to get over that first hurdle.

So? Be open to admitting to God that what you did was “wrong” (205). If you can admit it to God, maybe you can admit it to your spouse.

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Bible Text

I prefer the NASB for my study but I will be using the KJV as the text I post. I do this because I do not understand the copyright restrictions. If I ever get a better grasp of the law I may change the text I list. We may be under grace rather than law, but others are not so free. My comments will try to make it clear what the differences are.

Greek and Hebrew

In the comments there will be reference to words and the original languages. Number in parenthesis, (1235), refer to the number from Strong's Numbering system.

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The theme of this blog is devotional, worshipful, Biblical. I have a lot of ideas that won't fit in that frame so I have started another blog. It is called Medley of Worship.

You are invited to visit me there. It includes Bible and theology but also politics, education and anything else that comes to my mind.

About Me

I have been a serious follower of Jesus Christ since my senior year in high school. I am a Vietnam Veteran who came home more patriotic than I left. I am a graduate of Nazarene Theological Seminary and an ordained elder although I an not currently serving in a pastoral position. I have what I consider an orthodox faith set in the context of Wesley and Arminius. I share this so you will know where I am coming from as I look at the word.